I can't beleive it. my car was almost stolen the other day.
I went to school late in the evening and when I came out, I noticed that someone tried to go through my hood to disconnect my battery.
I'm sure they were trying to shut off my alarm.

I checked with the security office to file a report and they said that I was lucky because three other cars were stolen that day at that time!!!!

My car was damaged a little.
my grill is damaged
my radiator behind the grill is damaged
my hood is also damaged (if you remember, I was in an accident about 4 months ago and just recently I was able to fix it with a brand new hood and brand new paint job)

I'm not too upset that my car was damaged, because I'm more excited that my car was NOT stolen!!!

I can't believe how CLOSE I was to LOSING MY CAR!!!
NOW THAT scares me!!!!!!! :eek:


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damn that sucks
that grill could of slowed him down

lucky you that they tried going through the grill.. that probably slowed them down. Couple months ago my car got broken into.. they went thru the fende well to the hood cable release.

That grill def slowed them down....They didn't do the hood cable in the fender which is good...your very lucky kid......:flash:

man that sux,i'm glad they didn't steal it

that sucks! when i first heard about being able to open the hood through the fender well, i decided to get locking hood pins. but since i killed my car, i dont need it anymore.
HOOD PINS:D

whoa... i didn't know you can get to the cable through the fenders!!!
YIKES

what about those hood pins???
how do they lock into place? with a simple "master" lock or something?

Sorry about the near theft.:(

But I am glad to see that you still have your car. :D

I also didn't know that you could get to hood release cable through the fender well. :confused:

I purchased some hood pins a few months ago but never installed them.
Are locking hood pins a definite theft deterrant?

I guess this needs to be a Top Secret Topic so that future perpetrators can't use this kind of info.

Good luck on your next mod to stop those thief Natcc99.:smoka:

Originally posted by Dahmin8
Sorry about the near theft.:(

But I am glad to see that you still have your car. :D

I also didn't know that you could get to hood release cable through the fender well. :confused:

I purchased some hood pins a few months ago but never installed them.
Are locking hood pins a definite theft deterrant?

I guess this needs to be a Top Secret Topic so that future perpetrators can't use this kind of info.

Good luck on your next mod to stop those thief Natcc99.:smoka:

thank you!!!
i'm doing some research now to help prevent my car from being stolen

Originally posted by natcc99
whoa... i didn't know you can get to the cable through the fenders!!!
YIKES


yup sure can.. i found that out from doin a hood and cable and hood latch install on a 96 civic hb. thats a honda booboo for sure... i looked at how it just goes thru the corner of the fender well like thats not good. heh. :smoker2:

Sorry to hear that there was some damage done to your car, but it beats the alternative. Glad you still have the car.

P.S. paint looks nice :)

Damn man that sure was close. It sux that the accord is one of the highest stolen cars in the US. I too am afraid that something could happen to my baby!!! Guess i should "knock on wood"

sorry o hear about your car but thank god they didnt get it. i wish someone had stolen my car i'll post a pic of what they did. luckily incurance covered it. this car was a pos for the year i had it all the way to the day it died when it threw a rod at 92k miles. now i'm much happier w/ my honda but i figured i'd through this pic in anway.

That sucks man! I hope there isn't too much damage.